Carroll County Biographies

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Biography of John Standley and Rebecca (Shinn) Standley
There is a memorial brick located at the Carrollton Public Library as a memorial to one of the founding families.

John Standley was born in Virginia in 1764 according to census records.  The exact date of his death was not known but it was near April of 1852, as his will was filed for probate on April 5, 1852.  His will was written on November 15, 1851, apparently his wife Rebecca (Shinn) had died prior to that date as she is not mentioned in his will.  John and Rebecca arrived in Carroll County on November 13, 1819 where they settled at Wakenda.  In 1831 John built a home near the creek which bears his name, Standley Creek.  It was a well-finished log building and for many years was the hospitable mansion of its proprietor and was one of the oldest landmarks of Carroll County for some time.  One of the earliest deaths in what is now Carroll County was one of their sons, as well as the first marriage and the first baptism.  In July of 1833 John and Rebecca in open court acknowledged the deed of eight acres of land on which the town of Carrollton is now located.  Later John Standley sold his log dwelling to David Thomas who in turn sold it to Rev. Woods.  Rev. Woods later sold it to Col David Walker, who removed all the buildings from the foot of the hill to the top where they stood for thirty three years.  The old house had been used as the court house, clerk's office, church and dwelling.  The house was destroyed by fire June 11, 1882.  Many of John and Rebecca's children and grandchildren raised their children in Carroll County.

Picture complements of June Standley.

Carrollton Township Carrollton Township derives its name from Carrollton, the county seat which was named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last signer of the Declaration of Independence... The first settlement was made November 13, 1819, by John Standley and his seven sons who located in what is now Tummon's Addition to the town of Carrollton.  One of John Standley's sons was James Standley born November 6, in Wilkes County, North Carolina.  He was married to Mary (Polly) Trotter while his family was moving to Missouri.  After her death, he went back to her parents home and asked for permission to marry one of their other daughters, Jane (Jenny) Trotter.  The mother of Jane was afraid to send another daughter to Missouri without family, so Jane's brother traveled to Missouri with them after their marriage.  Soon many other Trotter family members followed to Carroll County.  It is noted  that in 1818 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, the first in the county. (An early law suite was resolved by Judge Standley who brought the parties to settle the matter without litigation, and at last was successful in making a compromise.)  In reckoning up the costs, none of the parties had any charge except the constable, a man by the name of Woolworth, he representing that he had ridden eighteen or twenty miles through the woods and grass in the heat, threshing flies and he ought to have twenty cents for his labor; an inventory of the available cash of the whole party revealed the fact that Larkin Standley, a son of the Justice, had a silver dollar, the only money in the crowd. James proposed to make the change by making four quarters with an axe. In cutting the dollar it was somehow divided into five instead of four pieces. The constable took one of the pieces for his fee, and Larkin Standley his money (four quarters) back again.  It is said that James  law library consisted of an old Farmer's Almanac, which had a constitution in it, but whether of the United States or of some single state was never known. It made no provision for appeal... pp. 115, 116.

William Standley, son of James Standley and Jane Trotter. This is also listed in the obit section, but listed here as well since it tells alot about his life.

William Standley, the oldest native born citized of Carroll County, breathed his last Wednesday night at 12:00 o'clock at his home one half mile southeast of the court house.  The cause of death is given by his physican as that of old age.Mr. Standley was born in a log cabin located where now stands Kennedy & Farnham's greenhouse.  His father, James Standley, came to this county from North Carolina on November 13, 1819.  January 29, 1822 William Standley was born in the log cabin his father had built, and now within the corporate limits of Carrollton.  Five days after the birth of William Standley his mother died, and his grandfather took the little babe and kept him until he was 15 years of age.Mr Standley's schooling was only such as could be obtained in those early days.  The only school here during his early boyhood was the one taught by Mrs. Forger and Henry B. Roy, in the old log court house on the north side of the square.After he grew into manhood Mr. Standley located a short Distance southeast of Carrollton and began farming.  Except for a period of 18 months spent in California in the early 50's, Mr. Standley lived the entire eighty years of his life within two miles of the place of his birth.In March 1845, Mr. Standley was married to Miss Sarah Maggard.  Of this union eleven children were born, five of whom are still living.John H. of Eureka Springs, Ark., B.Y., B.P., and R. Lee, of Carroll county.  Mrs. Standley died in 1866.  William Standley was as closely identified with the early history of Carroll County as any man.  When he was born the county had not been named, but three years before had been sectionized.  At this time scarcely a hundred people lived within the bounds of what is now Carroll County.  In 1833, when the county was organized Mr. Standley was a lad of eleven years. Pryor to Mr. Standley's death he was one of four men living who attended the first Fourth of July meeting ever held in Carrollton--the other three were, Dr. L. Tull, Harvey Graham of Texas, and John Minnis of Oklahoma.  As Mr. Standley's entire life was spent in the vicinity of Carrollton, of course all the older settlers were familiar with his life.  From all these came the same words--he was a good citizen and a good man.  During the life of all our citizens his figure was a familiary one on our streets, and until the past few months seldom was there a day that he was not seen in the city.  In his younger days he had accumulated a fortune, and in his declining years he lived at his ease.  He was of a rather retiring disposition, yet he loved to talk of the early history of the county, and many were th interesting incidents he could relate of the the happenings here when the country was a wilderness. A few months ago, bent with age, Mr. Standley began to fail rapidly.  His familiar face was seen on our streets less frequently; then he became too feeble to come at all, yet few thought he was so near death's door.  This week for the first time did it become known that his end was so near.  But the body was worn out and at midnight, Wednesday, September 18, 1901 he breathed his last. The body was taken from his home to that of his son, P.B. Standley, 1 1/2 miles southeast of Carrollton, where, on Friday morning at 10 o'clock the funeral services will be held.  He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Deliliah (Ashby) Standley Gentry was born August 19, 1808 in Hopkins County, Kentucky to Jesse Ashby and Sarah Sally Lucas.  Her family migrated to Missouri before 1826.  She married Hugh Standley, son of John Standley and Rebecca Shinn, on January 24, 1826 in Chariton County, Missouri.  They had several children.  Larkin Standley was born on November 4, 1827 in Carroll County; Sarah Standley was born September 1, 1828; Elvira Standley was born on December 20, 1830, Bartlett Standley (my gg grandfather) was born April 8, 1833; Elizabeth Standley was born in 1835; and George Standley was born May 20, 1840.  After the death of Hugh Standley she married James Gentry on January 14, 1844 in Carroll County.  Two children were born to them: Margaret born 1845 and Hannah born 1848.  Delilah died on November 2, 1880 near Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri and was buried in the Wharton Cemetery where many of her children are also buried. submitted by : Linda (Dyer) Craig

Lina P. Helm was born March 3, 1854 in Fauquier County, Virginia to Richard Pope Helm and Eleanor Smith.  He spent his early childhood years in Virginia.  Around 1858 Richard and Eleanor moved their family from Virginia to Carroll County, Missouri arriving in 1859.  Lina married Julia Standley, the daughter of Bartlett Standley and Nancy Mahaney, on March 22, 1876.  We know from family records that the first six of their eight children were born in Carroll County.  In the year of 1893 they moved their family by covered wagon to the Indian Nation settling near the towns of Earlsboro and Seminole.  By census records we know that Lina was a farmer, but he was extremely interested in the education of children, as he served on the school board at one point.  My Aunt Bessie (Littleton) Hardy told me stories that her mother Edna Blanche Helm (Littleton) Dyer told her about their journey in the covered wagon.  She said at one point they ran out of money and that Lina stopped in a town somewhere near what is now Bartlesville, Oklahoma and borrowed $100 to complete their journey.  Upon settling his family in their new home he soon made a trip back to that banker to repay him the loan.  Lina Helm departed this live on November 15, 1933 and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Seminole, Oklahoma.  At the time of his death he was survived by his wife Julia and children: Edna Dyer, Violet Gibson, Douglass Helm, Charlie Helm, Myrtle Vanlandingham, Forrest Helm, Stanley Helm and Lottie Thomas.  Lina was one of the best known men of his community, public spirited, and an active worker in the cause of temperance, education and the church.  Mr. Helm votes with the Democratic party.   Lina was listed in "AHistory of the State of Oklahoma" 1908 on pages 518-519 submitted by Linda (Dyer) Craig

FRANK D. JOHNSON, M.D.

FRANK D. JOHNSON, M.D., is one of the latest comers of his professional brethren to Hale, Carroll County, but has already made many friends and is developing a fine practice. His father, William Johnson, was also a doctor and surgeon and was born in Baltimore, Md. In that city he married the lady who afterward became the mother of our subject, who before her marriage was known as Susan Evans, daughter of Job Evans, one of the respected residents of Baltimore. After their marriage the Doctor and his wife removed to Dubuque, Iowa, in which city our subject was born August 13, 1846. He was one of six children, who received their education in the Dubuque common and High Schools. When fifteen years of age our subject entered the Upper Iowa University, located at Fayette, where he continued his studies for two years, after which he took one year’s course in Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
Upon the completion of his collegiate course Dr. Johnson concluded to adopt the profession to which his father had devoted his best years, and in pursuance of that decision commenced studying under Dr. Maxwell, a prominent physician of Davenport, Iowa. He then became a student at Rush Medical College of Chicago, which he attended for two years. He completed the required years of study in the Ainsworth Medical College in St. Joseph, Mo., graduating there from in 1878. Desiring practical experience, the Doctor for two years was City Physician in the Atchison (Kan.) City Hospital. In the spring of 1881, going to Cunningham, Chariton County, in this State, he conducted a general practice in that vicinity for the succeeding eight years. In 1890 he finally located in Hale, where he is doing very well and is rapidly enlarging his practice.
In the year 1867, the marriage ceremony of Dr. Johnson and Miss Kate E. Sawyer was solemnized. Mrs. Johnson is a daughter of Calvin Sawyer, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and by her marriage has become the mother of one daughter, Bertha E., a young lady of good education and social attributes.
The Doctor and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church North, in which they are active workers. Politically, he is an ardent Republican and one who has the welfare of his country and fellow-citizens at heart. He is a member of Hale Lodge No. 361, I.O.O.F., and of the Knights of Pythias in Hale.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and Linn Counties, Missouri
CONTAINING
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Chicago:
CHAPMAN Bros.
1893

Senator James Shield born: May 10, 1819 Almore, Ireland died June 1, 1879 at Ottumka, Iowa buried: St. Mary's Cemetery in Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri United States Senator. Only individual to represent three different states in Senate. Nephew of Congressman James Shields of Ohio. Attended hedge school and private schools in Ireland and pursued classical studies. Fluent in four languages. Immigrated to US, 1826. Taught school in Illinois. Studied law, admitted to bar, commenced practice in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois, 1832. Militia member, Black Hawk War, 1836. Member, Illinois House, 1836. State Auditor, 1839. Nearly fought duel with Abraham Lincoln, 1842. Anonymously written attacks on Democrat Shields appeared in Illinois papers and he believed Whig Lincoln the author, though actual author was likely Lincoln's future wife Mary Todd. Shields demanded satisfaction of a duel. Seconds convinced parties not to fight after Lincoln denied authorship and Shields accepted explanation. Shields and Lincoln became friendly after settling dispute. Judge, Illinois Supreme Court, 1843. Commissioner, US General Land Office 1845-47. Served during Mexican War, commissioned Brigadier General of Volunteers, 1846. Brevetted Major General, 1847. Commanded brigade at battles of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo, where he was wounded. Returned to service and fought at Contreras and Churubusco. Wounded again at Chapultepec. Appointed Governor, Oregon Territory, serving 1848-49. Elected by Illinois legislature to US Senate for term commencing March 4, 1849. Declared ineligible to hold seat on grounds that since his naturalization documents had been filed eight and a half years previously he did not meet nine-year citizenship requirement specified by Constitution. Elected again by special session of state legislature for same term and took seat six months later, serving October 27, 1849 to March 3, 1855. Chairman, Committee on District of Columbia, Committee on Military Affairs. Editor "A History of Illinois, from its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847," 1854. Moved to Minnesota, 1855. Upon Minnesota's admission to Union elected to US Senate, serving May 11, 1858 to March 3, 1859. Chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Moved to California, employed as superintendent of a mine. Married Mary Ann Carr. Five children, three of whom survived to adulthood. Served in Union Army as Brigadier General, 1861-63. Defeated forces under command of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at Battle of Kernstown, where he was again wounded, 1862. Resigned from service after military abilities were questioned during consideration of his promotion to Major General. Returned to California. Later moved to Carrollton, Missouri. Missouri House, 1874. Missouri Adjutant General, 1874-77. Missouri House, 1879. Missouri Railroad Commissioner. Elected to US Senate to fill vacancy caused by death of Lewis V. Bogy, serving January 27, 1879 to March 3, 1879. Declined renomination because of failing health. Died while delivering speech on lecture tour. Represents Illinois in US Capitol's National Statuary Hall. (bio by: Bill McKern)

J.E.M. TRIPLETT

J.E.M. TRIPLETT
This family, which is so well and favorably known throughout Chariton County, Mo., is of Irish descent, and it was during the Colonial history of this country that the family tree first took root on American soil. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Hedgeman Triplett, attained the rank of Major in the Revolutionary War, being a member of Thomas' regiment of Virginia volunteers. He emigrated from Culpeper County, Va., to Franklin County, Ky., with his wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Popham, and there purchased a tract of land, on which he made his home until 1833, when he paid the last debt of nature, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and eight months. His family consisted of five sons and five daughters, the following of whom are especially worthy of mention, owing to the extreme old age to which they attained: Elizabeth died in Kentucky at the age of one hundred and four years; Mildred passed from life in Morgan Country, Ill., at one hundred and two years of age; William died in Platte County, Mo., when one hundred and one years old; and George W. was called from life in Davis County, Ky., at the age of ninety-one years. The latter served as Quartermaster and was a Representative from Kentucky to the Confederate Congress. He was also a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and at one time held the rank of Adjutant-General. One of his brothers was Hedgeman Triplett, Jr., the father of J.E.M. Triplett.
Hedgeman Triplett was born in Culpeper County, Va., but when a boy removed to Kentucky with his parents, and located at Briant Station with Boone and others. He was brought up in Franklin County, which was then almost wholly in a state of nature, and upon reaching man's estate he married Margaret Eddins, a daughter of Joseph Eddins, a Virginian. He eventually became a wealthy farmer and was highly respected by all who knew him. He and his wife became the parents of five sons and two daughters, the latter dying in infancy. The sons were: Harrison, who died in Kentucky; John E.M., whose name heads this sketch; George, who died in Kentucky; Alexander, who died in San Francisco, Cal.; and Thomas, who died in July, 1892, at Austin, Nev., where he founded the town, and there operated a quartz mill, being also interested in mining. The father of these children attained the age of fifty-six years, dying in Kentucky in 1845, his wife's death occurring in Missouri about one year later. They were a worthy couple and had many warm friends.
J.E.M. Triplett is a native of Franklin County, Ky., where he was born December 2, 1818. He received a practical education in the schools of that county, becoming sufficiently well qualified to become a teacher, an occupation which received considerable of his attention during his early manhood. After the death of the head of the family he, with his widowed mother and brothers, came to Carroll County, Mo., but owing to the death of his mother the same year (1846), his brothers returned to Kentucky. Thomas and Alexander did not remain there long, however, but soon returned to Missouri, and from there went West to California. J.E.M. Triplett purchased land in Carroll County, Mo., which he continued to tell until 1847, when he sold his property and once more returned to the State of his birth, where the death of his wife occurred March 19, 1847. After a very short time he went to Chicago, Ill., but in 1849 once more took up his residence in the State of Missouri and has since been a resident of Chariton County and one of her active, industrious and leading citizens.
In 1852 our subject purchased a tract of land, to which he subsequently added by purchase adjoining lands, upon which, at a later date, was laid out the village of Triplett. Here for many years he carried on farming and stock-raising, or until about eight years ago, when advancing years and infirmities warned him to cease from his labors, and he has since been a resident of the village of Triplett, where he has a comfortable home and enjoys a competency which his early efforts won for him. He still continues to manage seventy-five acres of land adjoining the village on the east, and he and his son William own one hundred and sixty acres in Idaho, and in the village of Tiplett a brick store building, five houses and forty vacant lots. Although he at one time owned about two thousand acres of land, he has sold some and divided a large portion among his children. The township of Triplett was named in his honor, and in 1868, when the present village of Triplett was laid off on a portion of his land, being surveyed by himself and L.A. Cunningham, it also received his name. Our subject has contributed more to the upbuilding of the town and surroundings than anyone else.
Before coming to Missouri Mr. Triplett held the office of County Judge of Franklin County, Ky., and for thirty-two years he discharged the duties of Justice of the Peace in the locality where he is now living. Having a taste for law, he was admitted to the Bar, after some preparation, in 1865, and has since practiced in the Court of Common Pleas and the justice courts of the vicinity ever since. Until 1862 he was a Whig in politics, but later became a Democrat, and was an active worker in that party's conventions until 1876, when he joined the Weaver party, since which time he has not taken a very active part in politics. In 1846 he was initiated into the mysteries of Masonry in Kentucky, joining Owen Lodge No. 328, of Owen County, Ky., but he is now a member of Dagon Lodge No. 374, of Mendon, Mo.
He was first married in Kentucky, in 1843, to Miss Selina Eddins, who died March, 1847, and his second wife was Miss Frances Littrell, daughter of John W.D. Littrell, of Chariton County, Mo., whom he married in May, 1849. She died in 1852, leaving one child, Georgia A., wife of D.L. Wood, of Triplett. He married his present wife June 26, 1853, in Carroll County, Mo., her maiden name being Nancy Cawthron. She is a daughter of Asa Cawthron, and is a Kentuckian by birth. The children of this last marriage are: George W., of Texas; William, of Idaho, married; Martha, wife of S.F. Powell, of Texas; Emma; Benjamin F., married; and John A., married. The last two mentioned live on the old home farm near Triplett. The Cawthron family were from Virginia and of Scotch-Irish descent, the grandfather of Mrs. Triplett being Charles Cawthron, who died in Kentucky. Her father, Asa W. Cawthron, was born in the Old Dominion, January 1, 1796, but spent his boyhood days in Clark County, near Lexington, Ky. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and at the time of Dudley's defeat was captured in Ohio by the British, and sent as a prisoner to Canada, where he was kept in captivity for over a year. He was exchanged at Quebec and sent home. He was soon afterward married to Miss Eliza Canote, of Kentucky, a German by descent, and in 1825 moved with his family to Howard County, Mo., where he engaged in tilling the soil. Three of the ten children born to him are now living. Alexander R. resides in Triplett; Harriet, wife of James Smart, resides in Carroll County, Mo.; and Nancy, Mrs. Triplett. Tyre died in Livingston County, in 1891, aged seventy-three years; the others were Martha, Elizabeth, Matilda, Eliza Ann, Emily and Araminta, all of whom were married. Mr. Cawthron was a Whig, but later became a Democrat, and was a member of the Baptist Church, in which faith he died in 1881, his wife having passed from life in 1864.
Our subject has held office for fifty-four years of his life, and has never been under arrest nor has ever paid one cent of costs in a law suit.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and Linn Counties, Missouri
CONTAINING
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Chicago:
CHAPMAN Bros.
1893

William Hardy Key, age 96 (seated) William (l to r) John, James, and George

This article appeared in a Carroll County, Missouri newspaper. It is an  interview given when he was 93 years old. Mr Key was born March 15, 1836 in Shelby county, Tennessee and died on Feburary 3, 1936 in Carroll County, Missouri. Mr. Key is buried at the Coloma Cemetery.   Wm. H. Key, Age 93, is one of the oldest residents in Carroll County; Born  in Tennessee. Wm. H. Key, one of the oldest Carroll county residents, was a visitor in Carroll county residents, was a visitor in the  city Wednesday. He is at present making his home at Bogard.  With a mind that works like a person many years his junior and with a readiness in recalling dates, Mr. Key spoke with precision and interest as he  reviewed his life's history for a representative of this paper. In fact his  appearance was of a man at least ten years younger and he is yet reasonably  active regardless of the 93 years he has had the pleasure of living a useful  life. Born in Shelby county, Tenn., March 15, 1836, he spent eight years of his  life there. At that age he accompanied his father and mother to Carroll  county, Missouri, and has since resided here. The family located on a farm  near Mandeville. The trip was made up the Mississippi River and down the  Missouri in a steamboat; the family landing at DeWitt. After spending a  week at that place they started overland through the beautiful wooded valleys and rolling prairies of the county in a wagon drawn by a team of  oxen. They had no roads in those days, Mr. Key explained, and our trip to  Mandeville was made over the ridges. He recalled that the neighbors of the  family were at that time were: Chas. Isom, William Brown, Elihu Standley.  "These were all good people." he remarked. "and they aided us in making  our start in the wooded sections of the hills in Mandeville." Mr. Key remembers a way back when: Andrew Jackson was President of the United States.  Timber and rattlesnakes were thick and one's live was endangered unless close vigilance was kept for their presence.  Indians roamed the country.  Deer, wild turkey, and animals of many description populated the county.  Wagons were equipped with only two wheels.  Oxen were used in farming and drawing the wagons.  Wild Moss Mill was in full operation.  Carrollton was merely a trading post and the old log cabin was the court  house.  Such things as wire fences had never been heard of. In face, William Key remembers a way back when other people now living  in the county cannot recall.  He was married to Julia Ann Street in June 1888. This family consisted of  five children, but two daughters with their Mother, have been called to their  eternal reward. The sons are John of Bogard, and George W. and James  both of Tina. Mr. Key was the oldest member of a family of thirteen  children, eleven boys and two girls. Of this number only he and his sister, Pheobe Ann Briley of Iowa are living. His sister who was born in 1854,  was the youngest member of the family.  During the Civil War Mr. Key was a member of the Carroll county militia.  He was taken prisoner and served three months and three days, when he was  released to return to his family and loved ones. "Those were trying days"  Mr. Key said, "we left our families to shift for themselves and took our guns  to meet the enemy. It might have been death, crippled for life or endangered  health. It was all considered but we took our positions at the side of those  who made like sacrifices." Mr. Key is now drawing a pension.  In his reminiscent mood this venerable citizen recalled the period when he  frequently battled with tattle snakes. "We had two kinds to deal with," he  said, "timber and the prairie rattlers. The largest one I ever killed measured about five feet in length and in circumference was about as big around as an  average stove pipe."  "About my education, well it is like this, you see. We had subscription schools in those days and I attended one of them. I was never a scholar and I  studied the customary reading and writing with an occasional spelling  lesson. I was a good speller. I only attended school about three months our  of the year and that was where I obtained my meager education.  "Indians? why I should say, plenty of them; but you know they never harmed  us. They would ride through the woods, especially in the winter time, camp  near our home, but we never had any troublewith them.  During my life I have worked over 100 teams of oxen. Some of them were mighty contrary and detested their work in their rude way, but we handled  them without much trouble. They traveled slow and the trips to the mill  required a great amount of time. You know about how fast an old cow can  walk? Well that is about how fast we traveled on these long trips. Mr. Key has always been a republican. His first vote was cast for Stephen A. Douglas, who was then candidate for President. Since that date until the  present time he has never failed to cast his vote but one time. That was a day  when rain poured down in torrents and I was unable to reach the voting  precinct.  In religion, he early in life united with the Church of Christ and has since  been faithful to this conviction. He has never held a church nor public office  but has taken a reasonable active part in both. "I remember one time when  they prevailed on me to run for Judge of the Western District. I never even considered such a thing. Neighbors and friends came to me but I waived them away with the expression that I was not a scholar.  Thus, in a limited way, did an aged citizen recall his life, Wednesday. In  crowning the facts of a long and useful life into a small apace is an  impossibility. William Key is enjoying the fruits of an active career and his  conversations today are along such lines that lend to improve the position of  the honored pioneer, as they are looked upon by citizens. He has always  taken much interest in the busy world and has kept well informed. His  creditable career has given him a name which his children and friends  delight to honor.

Atwood, Frank Ely (b. 1878) — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Mo. was born in Carrollton, Carroll County,  Mo. on  October 5, 1878. Son of Jacob Smith Atwood and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood; married, October 22, 1908, to Agnes Rea Luscombe.  He was a  Republican, a Lawyer; served as the Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney from  1915-19; served as a  delegate to the Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922; served as a supreme justice of Missouri state court, 1925-35. he was a member of the Baptist Church, he was a  member of the American Bar Association, the American Judicature Society; the Order of the Coif; the  Freemasons; the  Phi Delta Phi; and the Phi Gamma Delta.  Frank died at the Atwood Hospital of coronary thrombosis on March 5, 1943.  Services were handled by the Standley Funeral Home.  His body was intered in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

The name is Henry, Henry Humphries to be exact. I was born on Christmas Day in the year 1815. I was a Christmas present to my family so to speak. My father was William my mother was Cinthia. Her birth name was Cinthia Manning. I was born on the family farm in good ole Kentucky. When I was twenty-one years old I married a fine lady form Kentucky on August 13,1837 in Chariton County, Missouri, her name was Elizabeth Ashby, she was the daughter of Jesse Ashby and Sally (Lucas) Ashby. We had our first child William, in May 24,1838 in Missouri. After that we had a total of ten children including William. They were as follows: Of course there was William in 1838, then there was Syntha in 1840, Adaline in 1841, Benjamin in 1843,  Mary in 1846, Larkin in 1848,  James in 1851, Arminda in 1852, Elizabeth in 1855, and last but certainly not least Josephine in 1857. All of these children were born in Missouri some in Carroll County of that state and some in the Town of Bosworth of that County. In 1850 me and my nephew Benjamin Ashby went to El Dorado County, California in search of gold if you wanna know if we had any luck well what do you think? Well all you need to know is that we came home to Missouri. Well when the war broke out we hadn't the slightest clue as what to do. Neither my sons nor me liked the Yankee Invader coming South telling us what to do. So with Dixie we stood. I figured I was too old to fight. Or so I thought. I was 45 years old. My son William had married a women named Louisey Winfrey in 1858 and already had one child. My grandson. His name was Harrison. My daughter Syntha had married a man named Clark McClary. He was good man. Well my son Benjamin came to me on day when I was working in the barn. He told me his intentions of joining a Regiment. So I went along with him. He went into town and enlisted in CSA army, 11th Co. Col. F.L. Robertson's Reg't, Missouri State Guard. F.L. Robertson was the colonel commanding a regiment raised for service in the Missouri State Guard, which had not been permanently organized when we was captured, Dec. 19, 1861, near Milford, Mo., while enroute from Grand Pass, Saline County, Mo., to join Gen. Sterling Price's army. My son and I were sent to Jefferson Barrack, Federal prison, St. Louis, Missouri. I decided to take the oath of allegiance on January 18,1862 I was 47. There were other ways I could help Dixie with out fighting. It was better than being in a Prison Camp doing nothing, taking orders from Yankees. Mo son saw differently, so he stayed, but then decided the same. He signed the oath on February 18,1862. We went home. After that we did just about anything to support Dixie. He cheered on General Turner Ashby who was actually a distant cousin of my Wife Elizabeth, until he was killed. When the war was over. I felt a senses of relief but sadness still. I died at the age of 58 on December 6,1873 in  Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri. I was buried in Winfrey Cemetery. I was only a few days short on my 59th birthday.  (This is a Speech I wrote to use when I portray Henry in my Reenactment Group  submitted by Christopher Bribiesca)

Gen. Daniel Ashby

Daniel Ashby was born in 1791 in Virginia, but lived his childhood in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was a major in the War of 1812. In 1815, he married Cassandra Leeper and became the acting sheriff in Hopkins County, Kentucky. In 1818, he moved to Chariton County, Missouri, where he farmed and became a member of the first county court. In 1828, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives and in 1834, 1836, 1838 he served in the Missouri Senate. After the death of his wife Cassandra he married Frances Walton.  He then married Henrietta Bull, after her death in 1868 he married Idress Craig. General Daniel Ashby served the state of Missouri during the Mormon Wars.  He has letters that he wrote to the governor and senate about certain battles that he personally was in.  One of these letters in transcribed on the section of letters of interest on this County site. He died October 11, 1879, and was buried on the old Hiram Craig farm near Forest Green in Chariton County, in the private cemetery of his fourth wife, Idress.

Cassandra Leeper Ashby

Max Aaron Lane was born on Feb. 22, 1971 in Norborne, Mo. ... selected all-state, all-conference and all-district as a tight end in his senior year at Norborne (Mo.) High ... earned all-state recognition at offensive tackle as a junior ... added all-conference and all-district honors in basketball ... lettered as an offensive tackle at the Naval Academy Prep School ... majored in general science at the U.S. Naval Academy.  Max Lane was drafted by the Patriots with their second of two picks in the sixth round (168th player selected) of the 1994 NFL draft ... the selection was acquired from Seattle as compensation for the trade of RB Jon Vaughn (8/26/93) ... signed by the Patriots June 1, 1994 ... became a restricted free agent Feb. 14, 1997 and re-signed with the Patriots.  Since retiring, Max has remained an active member of the NFLPA Retired Players, and works in sales for Crown Mortguage. He works closely with the Genesis Fund, raising money to aid research for tubular myopathy, and also enjoys coaching young linemen at camps around New England. ... His hobbies include snow skiing and golf, but he's also learning to play hockey. ... Max has two children, Hunter and Alexis.

William Samuel Craig was born on January 8, 1832 in Nicholas County, Kentucky. His parents were Robert Craig and Mary Conaway Craig. At the age of fifteen, his family moved to McLean County, Illinois. His father died there in 1852. On July 11, 1858, in Carroll County, Missouri, he married Levica Payne, the daughter of James Payne and Harriet Ridgell Payne. She was 23 years old; he was 26 years old.  He tendered his military services to President Lincoln, and served as a private in Company F, 116th Regiment of Illinois Infantry on August 11, 1862 and was honorably discharged June 7, 1965.  After the war he returned to his family to the farmland that he purchased in 1863 near Norborne.   Throughout his life, Mr. Craig stood for honesty, integrity and was a pillar of his community. He died at the age of 81 on March 13, 1913 and was buried beside his beloved wife, Levica, who died December 17, 1893 at the age of 58.  In the Norborne, Missouri Centennial (1868 - 1968) book, on page 37 it states that the Methodist Church was organized in 1869 and that two of the original members were William and Lovie Craig. I have found that several letters from his civil war era can be read by all at http://goinside.com/98/5/wsc1.html   Partial information was obtained thru his families website, which was very interesting and informational. William Samuel Craig and Levica Payne Craig had four children. Three of them lived to be married.

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